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The Little Mermaid
Film
FilmPG2023
The Little Mermaid
Directed by Rob Marshall
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy. From TMDB
221 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| TMDB reviews * | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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The Little Mermaid is a 2023 adventure family fantasy film, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King and Melissa McCarthy.
- 193 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
- posts span May 27, 2023 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 221 · most liked firstBud Light Starbucks cups Disney meltdowns Cheerios for showing a family that actually looks like my own The "Dixie" Chicks "Freedom" fries Keurig The Little Mermaid live action movie M&Ms Nike Sesame Street I'm sure I'm missing many.
neutral · AI labelView post →#Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy explaining his beef with 'The Little Mermaid' live-action film 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm watching the Little Mermaid for the first time in years and holy fuck is the animation for Ursula good, I forgot how masterful the art is in this movie
positive · AI labelView post →There is nothing new about having shitty opinions about media that doesn't care about your desires when you're accustomed to being put first no matter what. Jeffrey Katzenberg dismissed "The Little Mermaid" as "a girl movie" no one would watch. Soooo.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Hakurei Hump Day! The current vibe is thinking about The Little Mermaid! ngl the movie is a classic 🥹 I watched it a ton growing up! I've also seen a live musical adaptation of the movie, and it was really cool to see! I hope you have a beautiful day, I send love and positivity your way 💛☺️
positive · AI labelView post →I watched The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep! The movie was 1h 31m long. This movie had a ton of brutal action and like the previous one, and it was absolutely thrilling to watch! I also liked the story, it was intriguing and had elements of The Little Mermaid incorporated into it! It was a cool movie!
neutral · AI labelView post →They are also upset that another film depicts the Little Mermaid—also a fictional being—as a Black girl This is a just long way of them admitting how much they really hate Black & brown people. 2/2
neutral · AI labelView post →All of us watching the Little Mermaid as a kid.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the Little Mermaid with the child, and every film should have a late sequence where a deranged chef only in that one scene attempts to kill a supporting character.
positive · AI labelView post →My kids are watching The Little Mermaid but I would rather see a movie about The Big Mermaid
neutral · AI labelView post →Thirty five years ago today, The Little Mermaid was released. The film that kicked off the Disney Renaissance, this lovely musical from Disney Animation is so sweet and fun with its dazzling story, beautiful animation, memorable songs, and iconic characters.
neutral · AI labelView post →IF Snow White underperforms at the box office, IMV the problem won’t be “between 2023’s The Little Mermaid and 2025’s Snow White audiences turned against leads who aren’t white Americans”, it will be “the other Disney remakes have been for parents of young kids who watched the animated versions”.
neutral · AI labelView post →🧜♀️~| What’s a Fire |~🫧 In honor of the 36th anniversary of “The Little Mermaid”. This film means so much to me. Ariel always hold a special place in my heart, Ursula is such a queen, the songs are phenomenal and the animation is spectacular. #thelittlemermaid #disneythelittlemermaid #disneyfanart
positive · AI labelView post →Couple of Ariel sketch studies (and Flounder) I did recently. The Little Mermaid is my favorite movie of all time and yet I barely draw mermaids. Shame on me!😂 #artpost #ariel #thelittlemermaid
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for the Lumena Shell Lamp. RIP Ariel from The Little Mermaid, you would have loved this lamp. She does die at the end of that movie, right? collabs.shop/pupns9
neutral · AI labelView post →I have not watched a single one of the Disney live-action/CGI remakes and I have absolutely zero desire ever to do so. What's the draw? "Look, it's the Little Mermaid but with human actors! And the special effects are amazing!" OK, but the animated movie is perfect. Why is this better?
negative · AI labelView post →He also played Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid (1989), a casting decision that I assume was spurred on by equal parts "hey, he's a Tony-award winning musical theater guy" and "who's the Frenchiest actor we can find"
neutral · AI labelView post →"The Little Mermaid is a DANGEROUS MOVIE for Christians to watch, because it depicts a sea witch taking away a woman's voice, and only evangelicals are allowed to do that."
neutral · AI labelView post →Once again, in case you’re wondering why Gen Xers are “like this,” watch any Disney movie between Walt’s death & The Little Mermaid, the shit we were raised on. Tried to rewatch The Rescuers last night and it is utterly Bananapants that a single soul thought this was acceptable kids’ fare
neutral · AI labelView post →new poster art for @rifftrax.bsky.social: the 1975 Japanese version of The Little Mermaid! She's more modest in my artwork than in the film www.rifftrax.com/the-little-m...
neutral · AI labelView post →The worst example of this mindset to me is The Little Mermaid 2023, a film in which a bird talks underwater, reducing Atlantica to a pile of rocks.
negative · AI labelView post →RIP Roger Allers, co-director of THE LION KING and story artist on THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, and so many others. THE LION KING was the first movie I ever saw in theaters. I can't count the amount of times I watched it as a kid.
neutral · AI labelView post →🥚 Venom (1981) 🌊 The Little Mermaid (1976) 🚬 Revolver (1973) 🪶 Brewster McCloud (1970) #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Is the sea calm beneath the surface during a storm?. I am rewatching *The Little Mermaid* and during the scene where prince Eric's ship is hit by a storm, you can see some shorter shots of the sea beneath its surface and it looks pretty calm, while the surface is absolutely *ravaged* by the storm. Is this an oversimplification or is this actually the case?
neutral · AI labelView post →The Little Mermaid may have launched the Disney Renaissance, but 40 years ago today, this film is actually responsible for why we have the Renaissance era in the first place. Especially when it came out just a year after The Black Cauldron’s failure that nearly bankrupt the animation studio.
neutral · AI labelView post →My son's new favourite film is The Little Mermaid (1989) so naturally despite being a screen limited household we've watched it about 50 times in the last few months. Some observations:
positive · AI labelView post →Sea Law is incredible, it's like a bunch of The Little Mermaid movie easter eggs all the time
neutral · AI labelView post →Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Dinosaur (2000), 102 Dalmatians (2000), The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000), Geppetto (2000) and An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000).
neutral · AI labelView post →Kingdom Hearts of Iron IV will feature one DLC for each Disney movie, for a total cost of about $15,000. Also, no naval warfare until The Little Mermaid DLC releases in 2034.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m a conservative because I’m a real man. My top issues? I’d have to say 1. The Barbie movie and 2. The Little Mermaid remake.
neutral · AI labelView post →Very famously not something The Little Mermaid was capable of doing at this point in the movie
neutral · AI labelView post →MOVIE TRIVIA: Disney almost shelved the completed version of their 1989 film The Little Mermaid but went ahead with a wide release after the first delighted test audience all leapt out of their seats shouting "Ohh this bitch LOVES baubles!"
neutral · AI labelView post →Fave film for each year of the 1980s: 1980: Somewhere in Time 1981: Heavy Metal 1982: The Dark Crystal 1983: Monty Python's Meaning of Life 1984: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1985: The Breakfast Club 1986: Castle in the Sky 1987: Robocop 1988: My Neighbor Totoro 1989: The Little Mermaid
neutral · AI labelView post →Anytime someone brings up The Little Mermaid, I feel the need to tell the story of this one guy I used to know who had an unhealthy burning hatred towards the film. My closest friends who knew me from my DeviantArt era will understand.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘LILO & STITCH’ has garnered over 14.3M views in its first 5 days of streaming on Disney+ The second biggest Disney live-action film premiere, only behind ‘THE LITTLE MERMAID’ (via www.thewrap.com/lilo-and-sti...)
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie The Little Mermaid answers the age-old question: what if there was a not big mermaid
neutral · AI labelView post →happy 35th anniversary to the little mermaid!!!!!!!!! literally my 5ever movie……. (art from last fall) #thelittlemermaid #disney
positive · AI labelView post →Nomura continues, "Since then, I've wanted to continue adding an unconventional selection such as a live action movie to the mainline series. The Little Mermaid was also an early selection."
neutral · AI labelView post →This is of course anecdotal, but there's a streamer I follow whose son is I think 5? Maybe 4. But KPDH is his favorite movie ever and a comfort film for him. As a kid I was seen as a boy and was allowed to become obsessed with The Little Mermaid around the same age. Pixar's excuse is PATHETIC.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 35th Anniversary to The Little Mermaid! The film has a profound impact on me. It’s the first movie I remember seeing in theaters (I was 3!) I’d spend hours teaching myself how to draw Ariel, which would eventually lead me to a career in film/tv and a husband who looks like Prince Eric.
positive · AI labelView post →The Little Mermaid III using pop culture songs feels so wrong. Give the 2nd movie some credit, at least the songs were original.
neutral · AI labelView post →Share an ANIMATED movie title that begins with the letter “L” or “M” 🎥 L is for… The Little Mermaid
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #WrongDisneySong 10. The Little Mermaid I’ve not seen the film but it turns out she’s called Ariel 👍 Dean Friedman - Ariel m.youtube.com/watch?v=0WOd...
neutral · AI labelView post →i am writing a very serious dvar torah where i quote the very serious movie The Little Mermaid where the cartoon crab in the lead-in to Under the Sea says human world is a mess
neutral · AI labelView post →On the interislander ferry in New Zealand going from South Island to North island and the ferry has a movie theater for which the crew announced “We’ll be showing The Little Mermaid in the Flesh” only I later realized she said “The Little Mermaid and The Flash”
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing this list is amazing to me because outrage grifters positioned The Little Mermaid as an enormous failure due to Halle Bailey's casting. Yet that movie raked in a grip of money.
neutral · AI labelView post →"When did you know?" (Saw The Little Mermaid in theaters in 1989 as a ~6 year old and I remember wanting to watch this moment for the rest. of. my. fucking. life.)
positive · AI labelView post →Jonah Hauer-King wants to make a sequel to ‘THE LITTLE MERMAID’ “I love Halle [Bailey] so much. She’s still a very dear friend. I had a great time in that film. If you’re up for it, I’m down. I’m down.” (via screenrant.com/little-merma...)
neutral · AI labelView post →“But Daddy, I love him” is a line from the animated film The Little Mermaid, which ends happily, whereas the original story has a more tragic ending. Sometimes I wonder if Taylor was rewriting the ending of something she experienced by writing a song with that name
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 35th anniversary to my favorite movie growing up the iconic The Little Mermaid! I love my ever growing collection of Ariel’s #TheLittleMermaid
positive · AI labelView post →On Thursday, July 24 I’ll be moderating a Q&A with Disney animation legends Ron Clements & John Musker before a screening of THE LITTLE MERMAID at the Egyptian Theatre as part of @lafilmcritics.bsky.social 50th anniversary celebration. Link to ticket info: www.egyptiantheatre.com/film/lafca-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie simply should not work, and yet, it really does. Also, how have I watched it a dozen+ times and never noticed the reference to The Little Mermaid?
neutral · AI labelView post →Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals" The Little Mermaid with Big Naturals
neutral · AI labelView post →#TodayInQueerHistory November 17 (1989) #OTD Disney's The Little Mermaid is released in cinemas. The film has lots of queer connectors; from Hans Christian Andersen's love letter, to Divine's influence, to queer creators like Howard Ashman who made the movie magic. Pop on the film and sing along.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Little Mermaid was my first favorite Disney movie. I had Ariel Barbies, Ariel pajamas, an Ariel swimsuit. I’d make my mom play the VHS for me every day for months. My 7th birthday party was the little mermaid themed. And my husband just did this 😭🖤
positive · AI labelView post →Then he directed the absolutely heartbreaking short The Little Matchgirl. Originally produced for an abandoned attempt at a third Fantasia film, Matchgirl was eventually released as an extra on the 2006 2-disc DVD of The Little Mermaid, and can now be found on Disney+.
neutral · AI labelView post →First film you saw at the cinema. The real first one, not the pretend one you tell people! It really was The Little Mermaid. I was two. My mom said I got scared during the shark attack, climbed into her lap, then calmed down and watched the entire thing completely enraptured.
positive · AI labelView post →Yeah, given how she voiced Lilo in the original film, it only makes sense that they would probably dedicate the film to her memory, similar to how Mufasa: The Lion King was dedicated to James Earl Jones and The Little Mermaid (2023) was dedicated to Howard Ashman.
neutral · AI labelView post →My all time favourite animated Disney movie, The Little Mermaid. It’s been a very long time since I watched it though 🥹
positive · AI labelView post →Last night apparently one of those students re-watched the animated version of the movie and felt compelled to write me a 5-paragraph email about how ALL of the characters in The Little Mermaid could be based on birds. I have created little bird-loving monsters.
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